Burner.



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BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. 4, 1909.

. 954,125. Patented Apr.5 ,191o.

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usc of the present improved burner with its by-pass I am able to maintain a constant fiame so even throughout as to present the appearance of a practically solid mass having a fiat top. Furthermore, by the use of the present improved burner, when the supply of gas is turned off, the flames are extinguished at the ends of the burner tube first, and then gradually become extinguished toward the center approaching from both ends at approximately equal rates, so that at any time after the cutting off of the fuel supply, the number of extinguished flames at one end of thc burner tube will substantially agree with the number at the other end thereof. Hence, I am enabled to secure by the present improved arrangement substantially perfect combustion, and almost exact evenness in heat distribution, and in the amount of flame produced at all points. This I find to be true both of the straight tubular burner and the annular' burner, so that I desire it to be understood that the present invention is comprehensive of burners of various shapes so long as the equalizing by-pass is employed.

IVhat I claim is,-

l. In a burner, the combination with a burner tube having a discharge opening, and means for supplying fluid fuel to said tube, of a by-pass affording communication between a point of said tube contiguous to the point of supply and a point of said tube farthermost from said point of supply, said by-pass being disposed substantially at the opposite side of the burner from the burner opening, and the fuel supply means being disposed between said opening and said opposite side.

2. In a burner, the combination of a burner casing having a burner discharge opening and an intake for fuel, of a by-pass communicating with spaced points of said casing at the opposite side thereof from the burner discharge opening, said fuel intake being disposed in a plane between said discharge opening' and said opposite side.

8. In a burner, the combination with a burner casing having a discharge opening, of a by-pass communicating with the casing at spaced points, said spaced points being also spaced from Athe burner discharge opening, and the burner casing having a fuel intake independent of the by-pass and disposed for directing fuel between the burner discharge opening and the points of communication of said by-pass.

4. In a burner, the combination with a burner casing having burner discharge opening, of a by-pass communicating with the burner casing at spaced points, said points being also spaced from the burner discharge opening, and said burner casing having a fuel intake independent of and spaced from the by-pass.

5. In a burner, an inclosure, a partition dividing the inclosure into independent passages, the partition being apertured at spaced points affording communication be* tween the passages, the outer wall of one of the passages being apertured for providing a burner discharge, and a fuel intake for the passage-way having the burner discharge, said intake being disposed between the partition and the burner discharge.

G. In a burner, the combination with a burner tube having a burner discharge opening and fluid fuel supply means for the burner tube arranged on substantially the same horizontal plane with said tube, of al by-pass beneath the plane of the tube and fuel supply means and communicating with spaced points of the tube, said by-pass being disposed at that side of the burner tube remote from the burner discharge opening.

7. In a burner, a tubular member having burner openings, means for supplying fluid fuel thereto, and a passage way beneath the tubular member and communicating therewith at spaced points, the fuel supply means being arranged to discharge into the tubular member across and above the points of communication therewith of the passage way.

8. In a burner the combination with a burner tube having a burner discharge op-ening and fluid fuel supply means for said burner tube arranged in substantially the same horizontal plane therewith, of a bypass communicating with the tube at spaced points, said points of communication of the by-pass with the burner tube being spaced from the burner discharge opening and disposed at the opposite side of the fuel supply means from said burner discharge.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ORA CLYDE MUSSER.

Vitnesses:

LESTER L. Lewis, THOMAS T. HAsooK. 

